Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Minnesota 2
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, August 9, 2020
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Jose Navas
Attendance:
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Jose Navas
Attendance:
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .283 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .361 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .208 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .318 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| Alex Avila | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .222 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Max Kepler (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Max Kepler 2, Nelson Cruz 2, Eddie Rosario, Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton, Alex Avila | |||||||||
| RBI - Max Kepler (12), Jorge Polanco (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nelson Cruz (3), Eddie Rosario (7), Byron Buxton (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jose Berrios (L 1-2) | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.31 |
| Tyler Clippard | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Cory Gearrin | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jose Berrios 96-62, Tyler Clippard 11-7, Cory Gearrin 30-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jose Berrios 6-3, Tyler Clippard 1-0, Cory Gearrin 1-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jose Berrios 27, Tyler Clippard 2, Cory Gearrin 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tyler Clippard 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | CF-RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .284 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .319 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .185 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nicky Lopez (2), Cam Gallagher (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Maikel Franco (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Jorge Soler 2, Salvador Perez, Hunter Dozier, Maikel Franco 4, Nicky Lopez 2, Cam Gallagher 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez (9), Hunter Dozier 2 (2), Maikel Franco (11) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Soler (3), Alex Gordon 4 (10), Cam Gallagher (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Nicky Lopez (3, 2nd by Gearrin/Avila) | |||||||||
| SB - Adalberto Mondesi (4, 2nd off Berrios/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Brady Singer (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brady Singer (W 1-1) | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Greg Holland (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Josh Staumont (H 2) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Scott Barlow (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brady Singer 95-64, Greg Holland 15-10, Josh Staumont 33-24, Scott Barlow 12-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brady Singer 4-3, Greg Holland 1-1, Josh Staumont 0-0, Scott Barlow 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brady Singer 22, Greg Holland 3, Josh Staumont 8, Scott Barlow 3 | ||||||||